March 2010 Featured Writer:
Joe DiBuduo
In 2006, at the age of 66, Prescott Valley resident Joe DiBuduo discovered the joy of writing and Professional Writers of Prescott. Joe's first publications were a poem and a flash story, "Magic Mirror" on A Long Story Short.com. Joe says, “Beside the story is the poem I wrote first, and then I modeled the story on the poem.”
He apparently took Jerry Simmons (a book promotion expert and favorite PWP speaker) advice about independent publishing to heart, because in July 2009, he published a manuscript that includes narrative nonfiction chapters and three short stories as an e-book download at Scribd.com and Smashwords.com. A Penis Manologue is Joe's response to reading and seeing the stage version of the smash hit Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler. The book is also available as a Kindle e-book and paperback on Amazon. Joe's happy to report that he's selling a few copies weekly, and Amazon is promoting his book at discount with Eve Ensler's!
A versatile as well as a prolific writer, Joe has written approximately one hundred short stories, completed one novel manuscript, Cryonic Man, and a memoir. Readers of the the memoir strongly advise him to submit it for publication as they feel it’s a colorful story that should be told.
Joe graduated from Yavapai College in Fall 2009 with a certificate in Creative Writing. Currently he's writing two science fiction novels, revising his short stories, as well studying poetry under James Natal and sculpting with Cindy De Cecco at Yavapai College.
Visit Joe's nifty blog with lots of fun facts about - well, you know.